It is decision day today as Delhi votes for a new government. Polling began at 8 am across 70 constituencies in the national capital in a contest which is seen as a direct fight between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Till 1 pm, 35% polling was recorded in the city.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, BJP’s Kiran Bedi, Congress’s Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were some of the leaders who made their way to the polling station as soon as voting began. Over 12,000 polling stations, of which which 714 have been identified as “critical” and 191 “highly critical” have been se...